Tail Gunner Edition Purchase option

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This begins with Rise of Flight and flying around with my 8 yr old son in the back seat of the bombers. We enjoy being nerds together, but he hasnt been my gunner in awhile due to me playing this game.

The other day he asked if he could be my gunner in IL2. I had to tell him no because I didnt want to pay full price for the game, just so he could be my gunner. He walked away in disappointment. So here I am proposing a "Gunner Edition" for a reasonable price. Maybe around $10.00 - $20.00? Or I'll just save $50.00 and get BoS edition. Right now I think he's too young to grasp flying, but you never know, little kids are tech savy now a days. Seems like a perfect way to introduce our kids to flight simming. I'd rather have my son shooting my tail off than some random jackass that joins your bomber....Just an idea.

And maybe limit the gunner edition to my planes so he doesnt become the jackass that shoots other peoples tails off...

This also leads into another question. I'm not sure my old computer that he uses would be able to handle this game on Low settings anyways. Anyway to create a Demo?

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I dont think its a silly idea at all - i have a lot of friends who i could gift something like that to. They'll never fly full time straight out, but they would jump in and enjoy the experience whilst gas bagging about the usual stuff we talk about. One who knows, then they may buy the full product. 1 vote for Fern for the suggestion.

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This begins with Rise of Flight and flying around with my 8 yr old son in the back seat of the bombers. We enjoy being nerds together, but he hasnt been my gunner in awhile due to me playing this game.

The other day he asked if he could be my gunner in IL2. I had to tell him no because I didnt want to pay full price for the game, just so he could be my gunner. He walked away in disappointment. So here I am proposing a "Gunner Edition" for a reasonable price. Maybe around $10.00 - $20.00? Or I'll just save $50.00 and get BoS edition. Right now I think he's too young to grasp flying, but you never know, little kids are tech savy now a days. Seems like a perfect way to introduce our kids to flight simming. I'd rather have my son shooting my tail off than some random jackass that joins your bomber....Just an idea.

And maybe limit the gunner edition to my planes so he doesnt become the jackass that shoots other peoples tails off...

This also leads into another question. I'm not sure my old computer that he uses would be able to handle this game on Low settings anyways. Anyway to create a Demo?

Thanks.

I believe I remember you from RoF forums. My advice is to do as mentioned above, buy the game. The time you spend sharing with your son is well worth it as you've mentioned before I think. If you can't afford all three then one will have to do. Seems like a great team/family effort .

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Fern's suggestion (perhaps make it an expansion for existing game owners only) could perhaps bring younger players in via family/friends without each family having to shell out double the wedge on sommat that may or may not strike a chord with a youngster. If it gets them into it, be sure the full blown game will follow, and perhaps the one after that etc. Lets face it, this isnt a young community and its growing older and smaller. The dead, as far as i know, show little ongoing support for any developer.

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I dont think its a silly idea at all - i have a lot of friends who i could gift something like that to. They'll never fly full time straight out, but they would jump in and enjoy the experience whilst gas bagging about the usual stuff we talk about. One who knows, then they may buy the full product. 1 vote for Fern for the suggestion.

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I would go further into saying - a "gunner only edition" should be completely free

this would make it a demo of the game - and a perfect way to invite your joystick-shy friends into it

and surely enough, many of those "oh, but I don't have a joystick" comrades out there will find the experience compelling enough to get more into it - and eventually, they just might even end up becoming "one of us"

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I would go further into saying - a "gunner only edition" should be completely free

this would make it a demo of the game - and a perfect way to invite your joystick-shy friends into it

and surely enough, many of those "oh, but I don't have a joystick" comrades out there will find the experience compelling enough to get more into it - and eventually, they just might even end up becoming "one of us"

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OK, I didn't know that. But I only heard of this BOS version, or is there a BOM version, too? But if he wants to fly BOS aircrafts, this would be a possibility. He just had to fly the aircrafts, he wants to fly in MP, free for his son and then could use it.

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I would go further into saying - a "gunner only edition" should be completely free

this would make it a demo of the game - and a perfect way to invite your joystick-shy friends into it

and surely enough, many of those "oh, but I don't have a joystick" comrades out there will find the experience compelling enough to get more into it - and eventually, they just might even end up becoming "one of us"